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• Matthew J. Hoffman breaks into Tina Herrmann's home at 481 King Beach Dr. in Apple Valley in
Knox County. He is confronted by Herrmann and Stephanie Sprang. He stabs and kills both of them. He
also kills the family dog.

• Herrmann's son, 11-year-old Kody Maynard, and her 13-year-old daughter get home from East Knox
Middle School. Hoffman kills Kody, ties up his sister and takes her to his house at 49 Columbus
Rd., near downtown Mount Vernon.

• Hoffman makes a trip to Walmart and purchases a tarp and trash bags. He dismembers the bodies,
puts them in the bags and lowers them into a hollow tree in the Kokosing Wildlife Area near
Fredericktown. He takes Herrmann's truck to Gambier near a bike trail. He uses a bicycle and walks
to make his way around.

Nov. 12 and Nov. 13: The breakthrough

• Investigators comb the King Beach Drive home for clues. A Walmart bag, with a tarp and garbage
bags, is found. Using the product code, investigators figure out when the items were purchased and
see a man buying them on the store's surveillance video. They see him leave in a Toyota Yaris but
can't read a license plate number.

• Using state Bureau of Motor Vehicles records, investigators search for all owners of a Yaris
in Knox and surrounding counties. Hoffman's driver's license photo comes up on the 13th of 15
search pages, and he officially becomes a suspect because of his loitering near Herrmann's
truck.

Nov. 14: The arrest

• A SWAT team from the Knox County sheriff's office enters Hoffman's home at 8 a.m. and finds
Herrmann's daughter alive, bound and gagged in the basement. Hoffman, who offers no resistance, is
jailed.